Reckless Ruin

In a world where power is inherited, some rules were never meant to be broken.

Annabel Wheeler has spent her entire life under the watchful eye of one of the Five Families. Every decision has been made for her, every risk carefully managed, and every door quietly closed before she ever had the chance to open it herself.

Then her father died.

Forced into hiding while her brother fights to secure the Wheeler legacy, Annabel finds herself under the protection of the one man she should never trust: Hugo Osborne.

Easy-going, fiercely loyal, and hiding far more than anyone realises, Hugo is determined to keep Annabel safe while a hidden threat closes in around the Five Families. But the closer they become, the harder it is to ignore the connection growing between them.

What begins as protection quickly becomes something far more dangerous, because the Five Families were built on more than blood. They were built on separation. And if the truth behind generations of carefully guarded protocols is finally exposed, choosing each other could destroy everything their families have fought to protect.

Some choices don't just cost you. They ruin you.